KFOR-TV

KFOR-TV

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma United States
Channels	Digital: 27 (UHF) Virtual: 4
Branding	Oklahoma's News 4
Programming
Affiliations	4.1: NBC for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Nexstar Media Group (Tribune Broadcasting Company II LLC)
Sister stations	KAUT-TV
History
First air date	June 6, 1949 (75 years ago) (1949-06-06)
Former call signs	WKY-TV (1949–1976) KTVY (1976–1990)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 4 (VHF, 1949–2009)
Former affiliations	All secondary: CBS (1949–1953) ABC (1949–1958) DuMont (1949–1955) Paramount (1950–1953) NTA Film (1956–1961)
Call sign meaning	"Channel Four"[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	66222
ERP	600 kW 800 kW (CP)
HAAT	467 m (1,532 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	35°34′7″N 97°29′21″W / 35.56861°N 97.48917°W / 35.56861; -97.48917
Translator(s)	See § Translators
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	kfor.com

KFOR-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside CW station KAUT-TV (channel 43). The two stations share studios in Oklahoma City's McCourry Heights section, where KFOR-TV's transmitter is also located.

As Oklahoma's first television station, KFOR-TV signed on in June 1949 as WKY-TV, the television extension to WKY (930 AM). In its early years, WKY-TV boasted several regional and national technical firsts: it was the first independently-owned network affiliate to directly originate color programs, the first station to operate a mobile broadcasting unit for live event coverage, the first station to broadcast legislative sessions and cover court proceedings, and the first television station to broadcast a tornado warning. Originally owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company, a direct predecessor to Gaylord Broadcasting, the station became KTVY in 1976 and KFOR-TV in 1990.